Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance payment will increase with associated payment for dependents in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11626/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care.

If a person is in receipt of another social welfare payment in their own right (other than unemployment payments or supplementary welfare allowance) or is being claimed as a qualified adult on their spouse / partner's payment, half-rate CA can also be paid as long as all of the conditions for receipt of CA are satisfied.

The person concerned was in receipt of One Parent Family Payment (OPF) and half-rate CA up to 9 March 2023.

As a result of the cessation of the One Parent Family Payment (OPF), it has been decided that the person concerned is entitled to full rate CA from 2 March 2023.

The person concerned was notified of this outcome on 2 March 2023 and of their right of review and appeal.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.